Adapted from master storyteller Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1844 short story, "Rappaccini's Daughter" (1980) is a mesmerizing fable about what happens when a young college student falls in love with the beautiful daughter of an unscrupulous botanist. Obsessed with poisonous flowers, the botanist has used his daughter as a guinea pig, rendering her immune to poisons but toxic to other human beings. Ensconced in her mystical gardens, the daughter remains a temptation that the young man cannot resist until it is too late. The bewitching saga stars Kristoffer Tabori and Kathleen Beller.
Adapted from master storyteller Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1844 short story, "Rappaccini's Daughter" (1980) is a mesmerizing fable about what happens when a young college student falls in love with the beautiful daughter of an unscrupulous botanist. Obsessed with poisonous flowers, the botanist has used his daughter as a guinea pig, rendering her immune to poisons but toxic to other human beings. Ensconced in her mystical gardens, the daughter remains a temptation that the young man cannot resist until it is too late. The bewitching saga stars Kristoffer Tabori and Kathleen Beller.
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